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All incident reports submitted via the old pan Europe incident reporting system, that had been approved for publication prior to 21 January 2026, can be found below.

Incident reports submitted via the new FIDA pan Europe incident reporting system after 21 January 2026 that have been approved for publication can be found on our FIDA Incident reports page

Incident reports are available in summary form for the following wing types:

• All Wing Types
• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

Incident reports for all wing types are displayed below in summary form.

The BHPA incident reports database is fully searchable. To refine your search you can specify a particular wing type and select "or" or "and". For example, if you want to search for paraglider incidents at Hay Bluff, for best search results select paraglider from the drop down list and the "and" option.

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If known, total hours and total flights flown are displayed below together with hours and flights flown in the past six months, the latter being displayed in brackets.

There are 3356 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 12.07.2017 (E4924)	Pilot Female Age: 45 5 flights (5 flights)	Location Kennel Farm, Surrey, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Student fell on outstretched hand on landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 10.07.2017 (E4959)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Flying Experience: 39 years 5000 hours (150 hours) 10000 flights (170 flights)	Location Walla crag, Keswick, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Magnum Launch Type: Foot	Summary Tandem pilot was executing a cross-slope launch when the glider tip caught a tree. Pilot and passenger became airborne before pilot was able to mush glider to the ground landing in a bush.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries Passenger: Minor Injuries Feet, Legs
Date 09.07.2017 (E4892)	Pilot Male Rating: EP day 3 15 flights (15 flights)	Location Devils Dyke back field, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne Fun	Summary Student encountered buoyant air while on short tethered flight. Student climbed uprights instead of pulling in and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 08.07.2017 (E4888)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 16 hours (13 hours) 30 flights (26 flights)	Location Dodd Fell, Skipton, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova ION 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level, possibly due to turbulence from a wall and lee rotor.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 06.07.2017 (E4854)	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: AP	Location Slieau Curn, Kirk Michael, Isle Of Man Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: ITV Turquoise Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whilst launching in light winds the passengers footwear (trainers) came off due to the pilots feet catching the passengers heels on the take off run. The passenger stopped running and during the subsequent fall he sustained the minor injuries.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Minor Injuries
Date 05.07.2017 (E4847)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 600 hours (40 hours) 1000 flights (40 flights)	Location Moreton Common, Wirral, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Niviuk Kougar 2 Launch Type: Powered Engine: TechnoFly, Octagon (Nitro)	Summary Pilot was walking towards wing with engine running (warm up phase) when it went to full power and throttle cable caught in propeller, pulling hand backwards through netting into spinning propeller as he fell sideways onto ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 02.07.2017 (E4802)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 30 hours (2 hours) 70 flights (5 flights)	Location Parafest N Wales, N Wales, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Spyder Launch Type: Powered Engine: Wasp, EOS100	Summary Pilot made emergency landing having lost power. Discovered exhaust had fallen off and gone through prop. Fuel tank had also ruptured and was spraying fuel.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.06.2017 (E4788)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 120 hours (12 hours) 200 flights (18 flights)	Location Barton on sea, Barton on sea, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mentor 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse while performing wing overs. Pilot crashed into hillside having drifted back into an area of turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 25.06.2017 (E4805)	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 60 hours (20 hours)	Location 'Stella' - Bassano, Bassano del Grappa, Italy Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took, off with slight tailwind and was unable to clear trees in front of take-off.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 22.06.2017 (E5198)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 110 hours (70 hours) 45 flights (30 flights)	Location Talybont, Brecon beacons, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot inadvertently took off into leeside breeze and encountered turbulent conditions. Pilot opted to slope land but landed heavily in sinking air.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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